Project Grant 22DG11061800030

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Yakima County a $1,902,149 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to complete the study and design of a flood reduction and floodplain restoration project near the confluence of the Naches River and Cowiche Creek in central Washington. The project aims to address recurring flooding and degraded fish habitat in the area before further urbanization. Key deliverables include 60% designs to replace an undersized bridge, remove...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $765,600 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. The grant will fund the development of final construction designs to remove and re-route a 0.65-mile segment of State Route 207 away from the Nason Creek floodway in Chelan County, Washington. This will restore approximately 13 acres of floodplain habitat, including side channels and wetlands, to benefit endangered...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.512) will implement the Clear Creek Adaptive Restoration Program (CCARP) over a 5-year period from September 2024 to December 2028. The key activities to be performed include: Anadromous fish habitat restoration and management through annual spawning gravel augmentation in Clear Creek. Restoration of ecosystem processes and expansion of fish habitat in the Clear Creek...

This $468,626 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's (NPS) Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) will fund three phases of environmental restoration work by the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) in Oregon. In the first phase, CREST will handle all permitting, design, procurement, project management, and construction oversight for the South Netul Culvert Enhancement Project. In the second phase, CREST will work with an NPS-adjacent landowner to...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA) to restore a road-stream crossing on Deer Creek. The project will replace a 7-foot diameter culvert with a 33-foot span timber bridge, reconnecting 5 miles of upstream channel to over 4 miles downstream. This will halt the annual input of up to 15 tons of sediment from road runoff entering Deer Creek, improving stream...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,188,663 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507) to Chelan County, Washington to complete the study and design of a comprehensive restoration project for Peshastin Creek. The project will relocate and reconnect the creek channel with its historic floodplain and construct two highway bridges across the rerouted waterway. Key project...

This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $201,438 to Colorado State University to study the role of large wood in promoting channel-floodplain connectivity for river restoration. The university will collect data from natural channels on characteristics of logjam formations and their influence on hydrologic connectivity between channels and adjacent floodplains. Researchers will use this data to develop guidelines for...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,423,000 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology, in partnership with the Squaxin Island Tribe as a sub-grantee, to restore approximately 73 acres of coastal wetland habitat in Mason County, Washington. The project will restore 1.2 miles of Skookum Creek by re-aligning the channel to its historic alignment, restoring streamside channels, removing a...

This $350,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program will fund stream restoration and connectivity improvements in the Cedar River watershed in Michigan. The primary objectives are to: 1) conduct pre-construction fish surveys, 2) replace four priority undersized road-stream crossings with bankfull spanning structures to improve fish and wildlife passage, 3) reconnect 15 upstream miles of...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $816,723 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the Hood River Watershed Group (HRWG). The funding will be used to complete the study and design of five stream restoration projects across the East Fork Hood River, Neal Creek, and Baldwin Creek sub-watersheds in north-central Oregon. The projects aim to remove two fish passage...